To a passing motorist, the wetlands of the Betty and Crawford Rainwater Perdido River Nature Preserve might not look promising. That motorist might be moving a little too quickly. Much of The Nature Conservancy's 2,331-acre preserve along the Perdido River does tend to be "kind of squishy underfoot," says the preserve's manager, Adlai Platt. More...

During one of the coldest winters on record 20 juvenile whooping cranes and several chilly pilots undertook an ultralight guided migration to Northwest Florida’s St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge from Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in central Wisconsin. More...